CDS Exam (1!),2020 DO NOT OPEN THIS TEST BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO T.B.C. : DZOL-U-LKE . Test Booklet Series Serial No. TEST BOOKLET ENGLISH 0230493 Time Allowed : Two Hours Maximum Marks : 100 INSTRUCTIONS, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE EXAMINATION, YOU SHOULD CHECK THAT THIS TEST BOOKLET DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNPRINTSD OF Stee Oe MISSING PAGES OR ITEMS, ETC. IF SO, GET IT REPLACED BY A COMPLETE TEST BOOKLET Pleate note that Ils the candidate's responsbltyt encode and fill inthe Rell Nember and ‘Test Booklet Series Code A, B, C or D carefully and without any omission or discrepancy at the appropriate places in the OMR Answer Sheet, Any omission/discrepancy will render the fAnower Sheet she for rejections You have fo enter your Rell Nomber on the Test Booklet in the Box provided alongside. DO NOT vite anything ee ‘on the Text Bocce This Test Booklet contains 120 itens (question). 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DO NOT OPEN THIS TEST BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SOCOMPREHENSION Directions : In this section you have two short passages. After each passage, you will find some items based on the passage. Read the passages and answer the items based on them. You are required to select your answers based on the content of the passage and opinion of the author only. Passage - I Post colonial cultural analysis has been concemed with the elaboration of theoretical structures that contest the previous dominant western ways of seeing things. A simple analogy would be with feminism, which has involved a comparable kind of project : there ‘was a time when any book you might read, any speech you might hear, any film that you saw, was always told from the point of view of male. The woman was there, but she was always an object, never a subject. From what you would read, or the films you would see, the woman was always the one who was looked at. She was never the observing eye. For centuries it was assumed that women were less intelligent than men and that they did not merit the same degree of education. They were not allowed a vote in the political system. By the same token, any kind of knowledge developed by women was regarded as non-serious, trivial, gossip or alternatively as knowledge that had been discredited by science, such as superstition or traditional practices of childbirth or healing. All these attitudes were part of a larger system in which women were dominated, exploited, and physically abused by men. Slowly, but increasingly, from the end of 18th century, feminists began to contest this situation, The more they contested it, the more it became increasingly obvious that these attitudes extended into the whole of the culture; social relations, politics, law, medicine, the arts, popular and academic knowledge. Post colonialism is 2, What does ‘... she was always an Object, never a subject” mean ? (@) accontestation of the then existing dominant western practices (@) Women were given respect and 24° wdishipped (b) Women were not given any right equal to men (©) @ contestation of the superstitious GF women were trested ot per with practices ress (b) a contestation of westem practices in colonial states (@ an approval of indigenous prac- (@® Women liked to be treated inferior tices to men DZOL-U-LKE - A3. Why was ‘she never the observing (®) participation of men in social eye’? relations, politics, ‘law, medicine, the arts, popular and academic (@) She was beautiful, so she was knowledge observed by men (© participation of women in social (b) She liked to be observed by men movements (©) Women were assumed to be less (@) contestations with males in life intelligent than men leading to divorce (@ Women were assumed to be more 5. Which word in the passage is opposite intelligent than men of “contrast? ? The contestation to dominance of the (@) Contestations male resulted in (b) Trivial (@) participation of women in social relations, politics, law, medicine, © Discredited the arts, popular and academic knowledge (@ Analogy Passage ~ II How wonderful is the living world! The wide range of the living types is amazing. The extraordinary habitats in which we find living organisms, be it cold mountains, deciduous forests, oceans, fresh water lakes, deserts or hot springs, leave us speechless. The beauty of a galloping horse, or a migrating bird, the valley of flowers or the attacking shark evokes awe and a deep sense of wonder. The ecological conflict and cooperation among members of a population and among populations of a community or even a molecular traffic inside a cell make us deeply reflect on — what indeed is life ? This question has two implicit questions within it. The first is a technical one and seeks answer to what living is as opposed to the’ non-living, and the second is the philosophical one, and secks answer to what the purpose of life is. ‘What is living ? When we try to define ‘living’, we conventionally look for distinctive characteristics exhibited by living organisms. Growth, reproduction, ability to sense cavironment and mount a suitable response come to our mind immediately as unique features of living organisms. One can add a few moré features like metabolism, ability to self-replicate, self-organize, interact and emergence to this list. 3 A- DZOL-U-LKE(b) Meaning of life could be feflected as to how living organisms live and non-living organisms exist 6. Why are the living types amazing ? (@ The extraordinary diversity of habitats makes it amazing (©) Meaning of life could be reflected (b) The living organisms are acting as to where the life begins and as per their interests where it ends © The human thinking makes the (@ Meaning of life could be reflected living types amazing on how various living organisms differ (@ The evolution of life makes it amazing 9. Distinctive characteristics exhibited by organisms indicate that 7. Why does the author say, ‘ecological conflict and cooperation’ ? (@) they are living organisms (@ Because living organisms are structured this way (b) they are non-living organisms (b) Because ecological mechanism = 7 works with conflict and coopera- Ke tad os a ee tion ne (©) Because humans want to fight and (@) they know the purpose of life live together (@ Because living organisms some- 10 Which word in the passage means times fight and sometimes live ‘unique’? together (a) common 8. Which of the following statements is true of the passage ? (b) characteristics (@) Meaning of life could be reflected © distinctive ‘as to what living is as opposed to, the non-living and what the purpose of life is @ general DZOL-U-LKE - ASPOTTING ERRORS Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled as (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter, i.c., (@) or (©) or (). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d). |. He has been one the most revered member of the committee of enquiry. No error. @ &) © @ . Rabul asked me whether I was interested to joining the group for the trip. No error. @ ) © @ ‘Where there is a will then there is a way’ is an old epithet. No error, @ () ©) @ |. Indian feminism grew out of the women’s movements _of the late nineteenth century, @ () reached full maturity in the early twentieth century. No error. © @ The greatest merit of democracy is that everyone feels free @ ) and can pursues his/her interest. _No error. © @ All stake holders of education have the right to ask for accountability @ ) in every aspects of its implementation. No error. © @ 7. Leaming many languages promotes linguistic, cultural and social harmonies @ (b) among people speaking different languages. No error. © @18. One should not act according to one’s whims and fancies on public places. @ b) © No error. 19. Economists believe that India had taken a new turn in 1990 20. Irrigation works have a special importance in an agricultural countries like India, @) &) where rainfall is unequally distributed throughout the seasons. No error. © @ ORDERING OF WORDS IN A SENTENCE Directions : Each of the following items in this section consists of a sentence, parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled as P, Q, R and S. Given below each sentence are four sequences namely (a), (b), (¢) and (d). You are required to re-arrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly. . history of life evolutionary Biology is forms on earth the study of P Q R s The correct sequence should be @ SPQR &) QSPR @ RPQS @ PSQR DZOL-U-LKE - A22. life is considered the origin of the history of universe a unique event in P Q The correct sequence should be @ QPSR ) PSQR ©) SQPR @ RSPQ 23. productive resources is how we manage and competitiveness P Qg R critical to strategic growth s The correct sequence should be @ PQRS (>) RSPQ © SRPQ @ QPSR 24, in service firms operations strategy _ from the corporate strategy P Q R is generally inseparable s ‘The correct sequence should be @ SRQP @) QPSR © RSPQ @ PSQR A-~- DZOL-U-LKE25, are travelling, a recent survey has revealed that they are worried about their safety P Q R even as more and more Indians s ‘The correct sequence should be (a) SPQR () QSRP © PRSQ @ RPSQ 5. the imagination of children stories can exercise more than the stories P Q R because they tell The correct sequence should be @ QRSP &) SPQR () QPSR @ RSQP 7. asarecordof and suffering of humans the achievements, experiments P Q R history is considered 8 The correct sequence should be @ SPRQ ® RQSP © PQRS @ QRSP DZOL-U-LKE - A28. can be invented it appears has been invented that all that P Q R Ss The correct sequence should be @ QSPR @® QRsP © RSQP @ SPQR . during the last century Indian social, political and cultural life asa testimony of = Q R lian cinema stands $ The correct sequence should be (@) SPQR @® QRSP © PQRS @ SRQP . of all searches for knowledge should be the beginning an exploration into truth P Q R and experiments of life s The correct sequence should be @ RQPS ) SPQR © RSPQ @ QRSP A~- DZOL-U-LKEIDIOMS AND PHRASES Directions : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed’ by four altemative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (4) which is the most appropriate expression and mark your response in the Answer Sheet accordingly. (@ Feeling anxious (b) Feeling happy (© Stammering @ Feeling exposed . French leave (@ Absent from work without asking for permission in French (b) Asking for permission before leaving work (©) Work for permission to get leave (@ Absent from work without asking for permission . Take a stand (@ To publicly express an opinion about something (b) To make a stand for one to sit (©) To be firm on’ your work (@) To be part of the work Cut and run (@ To avoid a difficult situation by leaving suddenly (b) To avoid an event suddenly (© To meet some danger suddenly (@ To ask for sudden meeting with someone DZOL-U-LKE - A 35, Cut the cord (®) To stop needing your parents for money (b) To stop needing someone else to look after you and start acting independently (©) To be safe on your own (@ To be a married person ;- Cupboard love (@) Loving someone to get something from the person (b) Loving the cupboards (©) Innocent love @ Loving to be free of all conditions 7. Around the comer (@ A thing which is at the end of the comer () An event or thing which is going to happen soon (© Anevent that comers someone for his wrong (@ Anevent that happens in the comer of powerful place 38. With Heavy Heart (@) With heavy weight (®) With joy and humour (©) With sense of shame (@ With pain and regret39. Cost a bomb (@) To be very arrogant (b) To be with rich people (©) To be very expensive @ To be stingy 40. Roll your sleeves up (@) To prepare for wrestling (b) To prepare for hard work (© To make someone work for you (@ To work with others ORDERING OF SENTENCES Directions : In this section each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P,-Q, R and S, You are required to find the proper ‘sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet. |. S1: The country’s economy is growing and would continue to grow at a rapid pace in the coming years. : The market share of electrical vehicles increases with increasing availability of infrastructure. : It also provides us an opportunity to grow as manufacturer of elec- tric vehicles. : According to NITI Aayog (2019), if India reaches an electric vehi- cles sales penetration, emission and oil savings can be achieved. R : Given the commitments that India has made on the climate front as a nation and on environmental aspeots, itis likely that larger and larger share of automobile sector would be in the form of electric vehicles. : This presents a great opportunity for the automobile industry as the demand for automobiles would only increase. The correct sequence should be (a) SRQP ) RQSP (©) QPSR @ QSRP A- DZOL-U-LKECentral goverment receipts can broadly be divided into non-debt and debt receipts. : This is also evident from the com- position of non-debt receipts. : Debt receipts mostly consist of market borrowing and other liabilities which the government is obliged to repay in the future. : The non-debt receipts comprise of tax revenue, non-tax revenue, recovery of loans and disinvest- ment receipts. : The outcomes as reflected in the Provisional Actual figures is lower than the budget estimate owing to reduction in the net tax revenue. : The Budget 2018-19 targeted significantly high growth in non- debt receipts of the Central ‘Government, which was driven by robust growth. The correct sequence should be @ SRPQ @ RSQP © PQRS @ QPRS DZOL-U-LKE - A : Palaeontology is the study of the remains of dead organisms over ‘enormous spans of time. ; Faunal analysis gives information about the animal people hunted and domesticated, the age of animal at death, and the diseases that afflicted them, : Bones provide a great information. : The distribution of faunal remains (animal bones) at a site can indicate which areas were used for butchering, cooking, eating, bone tool making and refuse dumping. : Within this discipline, molecular biology and DNA studies have ‘been used to understand hominid evolution. : Hominid evolution answers the questions about what ancient people looked like, and to plot patterns of migration. ‘The correct sequence should be @ QPRS () SPQR © RSPQ @ PQRS